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Candidate statements for Leslie Lewis Elementary

By AustinTalks | April 17, 2012

See who submitted the optional statements for tomorrow’s Local School Council election.

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Leland Elementary needs more funding, one LSC candidate says

By Ellyn Fortino | April 17, 2012

While the school’s principal and LSC coordinator declined to speak with AustinTalks, the office manager and previous LSC coordinator said the issue, as well as increasing attendance, will require the attention of newly elected members.

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CPS announces “Who’s Running For My LSC” app

By AustinTalks | April 16, 2012

The interactive map allows users to see candidates who will appear on the ballots Wednesday and Thursday.

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Candidate forum planned for Brunson local school council candidates

By Sarah Ostman | April 15, 2012

Monday’s 2:30 p.m. event will allow the public to learn about those running in the April 18 election.

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Few candidates seek Michele Clark High School local school council seats

By Sarah Ostman | April 13, 2012

A shortage of members is not new for the school, which has four vacant positions on its current council.

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Low enrollment at Nash Elementary “No. 1 issue” for next elected LSC

By Ellyn Fortino | April 13, 2012

The current LSC coordinator says members elected next week will have the challenge of recruiting new students for the school that currently has just 390 enrolled and a capacity of 1,600.

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Public waits for information about candidates running for LSC positions

By Sarah J. Pawlowski | April 11, 2012

AustinTalks and others have requested basic information from CPS, but recent changes may mean all the information won’t be made public in time for elections next week.

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Firefighter one of three vying to represent the 28th Ward

By Sarah Ostman | February 1, 2011

Carmelita P. Earls hopes voters will back her Feb. 22nd over William Siegmund and Jason Ervin, who has been appointed the alderman until mid-May.

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  • Expungement, record sealing event helps West Siders get jobs after leaving prison

    Austin resident Anthony Jefferson has been working over the past six years to expunge his criminal record. With help from the Monroe Foundation, he's moving toward the clean slate he wants to achieve to secure employment.

  • Get free groceries, other help from these Austin groups

    On a recent Thursday, volunteers from What About Us Charitable Enterprises spent the morning filling dozens of grocery bags with fresh food and staples that soon filled the arms of West Side residents in need. Dorin “Pastor Mac” McIntyre, executive director and co-founder of What About Us Charitable Enterprises and pastor of Mount Olivet Missionary Baptist Church, is one of many helping Austin residents struggling with food insecurity.

  • 29th Ward residents invited to holiday events on Tuesday

  • 29th Ward residents invited to propose how to spend $450,000

    Austin residents are invited to participate in this year's participatory budgeting cycle. The annual process lets ward residents ages 14 and up decide how to spend a portion of the aldermanic menu money.

  • Forty Acres Fresh Market marks important moment this week in bringing store to Austin

    Austin moves one step closer this week to getting a new grocery store with the groundbreaking of Forty Acres Fresh Market in the heart of the Soul City Corridor. Another effort to expand food offerings on the West Side continues with the Austin Community Food Co-op, which held a virtual info session last week on its efforts to bring a grocery store to the area.

  • Healing in nature workshop set for Saturday

    The Westside Cultural Alliance continues its "See, Feel and Heal" nature series Saturday at Garfield Park Nature Area, 100 N. Central Park with a workshop on making memory boxes. The workshop sessions focus on art and nature as vehicles of healing through art therapy, which provides wholistic healing for the body, mind and spirit.

  • Illinois residents can apply for help with paying gas, electric bills

    Applications are now open for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for qualified residential customers who are over the age of 60, have a disability or have children under the age of 6 to receive financial assistance to pay their energy bills. LIHEAP is a federally funded bill payment assistance program that helps low- and fixed-income families pay their utility during the winter heating season.

  • West Siders turn out for chili cook off in Austin’s Soul City

    Over a dozen local chefs competed in the second annual "It’s Getting Chili in Soul City" event on Saturday. A team of five who make up the Austin African American Business Networking Association board – Malcolm Crawford, Shirley Fields, Sharmine Rickett, Ronald Smith and Marshawn Felton – created the chili contest last year.

  • Chicago Marathon runner raises money for West Side girls

    Over the last 20 years, Ashley Graham has run 56 marathons - including the Chicago Marathon five times. Several of those marathons she raised money for charity - and this year was no different.

  • Stop by Austin farmers market this week

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